Gary Sambrook | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2019 | |
Executive Secretary of the 1922 Committee | |
Assumed office 29 June 2021 Serving with Bob Blackman | |
Leader | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
Chairman | Sir Graham Brady |
Preceded by | Nigel Evans |
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Richard Burden |
Majority | 1,640 (3.8%) |
Member of Birmingham City Council for Kingstanding | |
In office 13 February 2014 – 5 May 2022 | |
Succeeded by | Rick Payne |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 June 1989 |
Political party | Conservative |
Profession | Politician |
Website | www |
Gary William Sambrook[1] (born 25 June 1989)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Joint Executive Secretary of the backbench 1922 Committee since 2021.[3] He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield since the 2019 general election.[4]
Sambrook became a councillor for Birmingham City Council in 2014, winning the Kingstanding ward seat, based on the area of the same name, in a by-election. During his campaign to become a councillor, he appeared in the Birmingham Mail when two local supporters, Ben Coleman and Michael Mason, composed a song in support of his campaign.[5] He has also worked for MP James Morris.[6]
At the 2019 general election, he defeated the Labour incumbent Richard Burden by a majority of 1,640 votes, becoming the first Conservative MP for Northfield since 1992.[7][8]
Sambrook is a member of both the Procedure and Ecclesiastical Committees.[9] According to the Financial Times, Sambrook is an "influential backbencher" and an executive secretary of the 1922 Committee.[8]
In January 2022, Sambrook was named as one of the MPs plotting to oust Boris Johnson from his position as Prime Minister over Partygate.[8][10] In an email to constituents he stated "I would expect anyone who is found to have broken the law to seriously consider their position in government, and that includes the Prime Minister."[11] By February however he was no longer calling for Johnson to resign.[12][13] In July 2022, in the aftermath of the Chris Pincher scandal, Sambrook accused Johnson of blaming other people for his own mistakes and again called on him to resign.[14]